Category: asbestos ban

When we took on the asbestos case of Paul Zygielbaum, a Santa Rosa, CA engineer, 10 years ago we worked hard as we always do to race against time. Zygielbaum was diagnosed with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma and the prognosis wasn’t good. We resolved Paul’s asbestos case. Paul and his wife Michelle generously have used some […]

My sister Laurie Kazan-Allen, a global anti-asbestos advocate based in London, just reminded me that July 12 marked the 25th anniversary of the asbestos ban that wasn’t. On that date in 1989, the EPA issued the Asbestos Ban and Phase Out Rule. In 1981, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had requested information from […]

Asbestos-related deaths are preventable. That is part of why asbestos-related deaths are especially tragic and inspire the work we do at Kazan Law as asbestos attorneys. But asbestos-related deaths continue to occur because uncaring people place profits before human lives. My unrelenting concern about this inspired my sister Laurie Kazan-Allen to also become involved in […]

Saturday, December 21, 2013 marks the second anniversary of the death of Rachel Lee Jung-Lim. Rachel was a mesothelioma patient who died because of her asbestos-caused illness at age 39. But this young South Korean woman also became in the brief time left to her, a strong voice in the global ban asbestos fight. Rachel […]

When it comes to asbestos exposure and its dire consequences, sadly it’s a small world after all. Asbestos is still mined in many countries, exported across borders and incorporated into products that get shipped around the globe. Malignant mesothelioma resulting from asbestos exposure spares no one based on nationality or ethnicity. That’s why I am […]

The community of asbestos victims’ advocates although international in scope is a relatively small one. Most asbestos victims’ advocates are family members of asbestos victims or those of us involved in meeting their legal or medical needs. As a result most of what is written about asbestos and asbestos victims appears in publications and/or websites […]

When is a grant not a grant? When it is really a consulting fee, according to a group of angry asbestos activists, including several physicians. The asbestos activists recently wrote a scathing letter to the editor of a medical journal to protest an article it published that was favorable to asbestos. In their letter, which […]

Helping those exposed to asbestos achieve justice is what we do at Kazan Law. I take great pride in having founded this firm and in our victories in this area. But I also take great pride in personally introducing a leading asbestos activist to the struggle against asbestos exposure which set her on a path […]

An asbestos activist has been chosen for the first ever activist award given by an international science group dedicated to helping to solve global occupational and environmental health problems. The activist is Kathleen Ruff, a Canadian long-time asbestos industry critic and board member of Canada’s Rideau Institute, a non-profit public policy research organization. Kathleen received […]

Over the past couple of weeks I have written about the scandal that was the Rotterdam Convention 2013 and the disturbing trend of countries advocating for the asbestos industry. My sister, Laurie Kazan-Allen, coordinator of the International Asbestos Secretariat was awarded observer status at this 6th Conference of the Parties and witnessed firsthand the developments […]

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